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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1915.

' Patented July 17, 1917.

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TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-2L 19H).

Patented- July 17, 1917.

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ELMER w. GIBBS, or CANTON, OHIO, nssrenon TO THE eInBsMAnuFAor nIne COM-PANY, or CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1917.

Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 85,873.

GIBBS, a resldlng at swinging thereof for a considerable length of time,without the use of springs or other actuating or operating attachmentsor appliances.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved toy showing a pair of figures mountedon the ends of a seesaw swinging support;

Fig. 2, a fragmentary plan view of the pivotal parts;

Fig. 3, a median line section across the pivotal support;

Fig. 4, a perspective view of the improved toy, showing a single toyfigure on a swinging support;

Fig. 5, a fragmentary plan view of the pivotal support shown in Fig. 4:;and

Fig. 6, a median line section across the pivotal parts shown in Fig. 4..

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The toy as a whole preferably includes a base plate 1, a pair ofstandards 2, and a cross bar 3 connecting the tops of the standards; theupper ends 2 of which standards are preferably ofi'set inward to formthe shoulders 3 on each side.

The ivot 4 or 4 is connected to the upper en s 2 of the standards,preferably by the 100 s 5 and 5 clamped around the same, which lbops mayrest upon the ofiset shoulders 3 of the standards. The pivot 1 or 4: ispreferably made in the form of a vertically disposed thin strip or sheetof metal placed on edge and extending between the upper ends of thestandard, to which it is secured by the loops 5 or 5 which preferablyrest upon the offset shoulders 3) thereon. The upper edge of the plvotmay be beveled, if desired, to form a very thin or sharp pivotalsupport.

The bearing bracket 6 or 6 is made of spaced side plates 7 or 7*connected together by the horizontal yoked plate 8 or S, and in eachside plate is provided the inverted V- shaped aperture, the angular apex9 of which bears upon the thin edge of the pivot,

and it is evident that the bearing as a whole is adapted to freelyoscillate upon the pivot within the limits imposed by the sides of theV-shaped apertures. The side plate 7 or 7 of the bracket are preferablyconnected below the aperture by the bar 10, which serves to retain thebracket upon the pivot plate.

The seesaw support illustrated in Sheet 1 of the drawings preferablyincludes the pendent rods 11 secured above in the tubular sleeve formedin or upon the yoke plate 8 of the bearing bracket and stopped fromlateral movement by the tongues 12 provided on the edges of the yokeplate, and having their lower ends 13 bent outwardly and extended inlongitudinally diverging directions in the form of an inverted T; on thefree ends of which are mounted the toy figures 14 and 14 which may bemade of sheet metal stamped to the form of boy and girl, as shown. Thesefigures may be secured in place by bending the bars directly upward andthen downward to form an inverted V-shaped spring standard adapted to beentered upward into the body of the figure and having an enlarged eye onits upper end adapted to be forced through the neck into the head of thefigure.

By thus mounting the figures upon the longitudinally diverging ends ofthe support, which in turn depends from the pivot bracket, it is evidentthat the center of gravity of these parts is at a substantial distancebelow the plvotal bearing, and in view of the thin edge of the pivot, itis evident that the pendent support and the figures thereon, willoscillate as a pendulum, thus causing the figures to swing as on aseesaw, and that when such a motion is once started, it will ing bracketand connected below to the corners of the seat 16 upon which is mountedthe toy figure 17, which may be of sheet metal stamped in the form of. achild. In this embodiment of the invention, it is, evident that theswing support and the toy figure thereon will oscillate to and fro as apendulum whenever it is started, and by reason of the thin pivotalsupport, will automatic'ally continue such motion for a considerableperiod of time.

I claim:

1. The combination of a pivot having a thin edge, a bracket having apair of spaced depending side plates, with inverted V- shaped aperturesbearing on the pivot edge and a toy-figure support depending from thebracket.

2. The combination of a pivot having a thin edge, a bracket having aninverted V- shaped aperture bearing on the pivot edge, and a toy figuresupport carried by the bracket including supporting rods depending fromthe bracket on opposite sides of the pivot.

3. The combination of a pivot having a thin edge, a bracket having aninverted V- shaped aperture bearing on the pivot, rods depending fromthe bracket and diverging in opposite directions, and toy figuresmounted on the free ends of the diverging rods.

l. The combination of a pivot having a thin edge, a bracket having aninverted V- shaped aperture bearing on the )ivot, an inverted T-supportdepending rom the bracket, and toy figures mounted on the free ends ofthe support.

5. The combination of a pivot, a bracket bearing on the pivot, aninverted T support depending from the bracket, and toy figures mountedon the free ends of: the support.

6. The combination of a base having a pair of upright standards offsetat their upper ends to form shoulders, a pivot connected to thestandards at their upper ends and resting upon the shoulders, said pivothaving a thin upper edge, and a bracket having an inverted V-shapedaperture bearing on the pivot edge, with a toy figure support dependingfrom the bracket.

ELMER \V. GIBBS.

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' Washington, D. G.

